Elijah Eugene Cummings (1951 - 2019)

Born 18 Jan 1951 in Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Ancestors

Died 17 Oct 2019 at age 68 in Baltimore, Maryland, United States

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Biography

Preceded by Kweisi Mfume Lena King Lee

Elijah Cummings Member of U.S. House of Representatives Maryland's 7th District 1996-2019 Member of Maryland House of Delegates 39th District 1983-1996

Succeeded by Kweisi Mfume Sterling Page

Elijah Cummings is Notable.

Elijah was a Freemason.

Elijah Cummings served as the U.S. Representative from Maryland's 7th district from 1996 until his death in 2019. After his death he became the first African American member of Congress to lie in state in the Capitol.^[1]

Elijah Eugene Cummings was born in Baltimore, Maryland in 1951. He was the third of six children of sharecroppers Robert Cummings and Ruth Cochran. He descends from the Cummings family of Clarendon, South Carolina.

He married twice. In addition to his daughter by his first wife, Elijah had two more children.^[1][2]

Elijah was a member of the New Psalmist Baptist Church in Baltimore.^[3] for more than forty years.

He died early on the morning of 17 November 2019. He is buried in Loudon Park Cemetery in Baltimore.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Wikipedia: Elijah Cummings
2. ↑ Carlson, M. (2019, October 17). Elijah Cummings obituary. The Guardian. Retreived October 25, 2019 from https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/oct/17/elijah-cummings-obituary
3. ↑ Established in 1899 by Rev. Junius Gray, New Psalmist Baptist Church was originally named the Right Independent Freewill Baptist Church, (see more at newpsalmist.org).
4. ↑ Memorial: Find a Grave (has image)
   Find A Grave: Memorial #203913016
   Memorial page for Elijah Eugene Cummings Famous memorial (18 Jan 1951-17 Oct 2019), citing Loudon Park Cemetery, Baltimore, Baltimore City, Maryland, USA; Maintained by Find a Grave.

• https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/17/us/politics/elijah-cummings-dead.html
• https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/24/us/politics/elijah-cummings.html

• "Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774-2005"
  United States. Congress. Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774-2005. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 2005
  Ancestry Record 1064 #2617
  Name: Elijah Eugene Cummings; Birth Date: 18 Jan 1951; Residence Place: Maryland, USA; Elected Office(s): Representative, Delegate; Biography: a Representative from Maryland; born in Baltimore, Md., January 18, 1951; graduated from Baltimore City College High School, Baltimore, Md., 1969; B.S., Howard University, Washington, D.C., 1973; J.D., University of Maryland School of Law, Baltimore, Md., 1976; lawyer, private practice; chief judge, Maryland Moot Court Board; member of the Maryland state house of delegates, 1983-1996, serving as speaker pro tempore, 1995-1996; elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Fourth Congress by special election to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of United States Representative Kweisi Mfume, reelected to the four succeeding Congresses (April 16, 1996-present).